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"Of course it's not enough!" Cao Ling said in a serious tone: "Now the various expenses of our expeditionary force cost 400,000 taels of silver every month. Plus the 200,000 Imperial Alliance troops and their families, it will cost nearly 30,000 taels of silver every month. One hundred thousand taels of silver. Now even if the support fleet can give us 200,000 taels, there is still a deficit of 500,000 taels. These silvers are all made up by His Majesty. Don¡¯t forget that we are the Guards and His Majesty¡¯s private army. When we go out to fight, we not only want to make achievements, but more importantly, we want to make money for His Majesty, but now we are spending money like water, and we can¡¯t continue like this!"
Gesleng and Ma Xianglin were even more dumbfounded this time. The only money-making business they knew was looting and catching slaves. Nowadays, all the cities in the Japanese country were burned down and turned into nothing. As for arresting people, they couldn't catch anything. People have become corpses all over the ground!
"Commander Commander! You can't blame us!" Gesleng also complained: "Who made those Japanese cities so unrestrained to attack? They were burned down after just a few cannons. Those Japanese warriors were also stupid enough to climb in. , what if we can¡¯t defeat them and surrender? We still have to rush out, what if we don¡¯t kill them?¡±
Ma Xianglin also followed up and said: "Commander Commander, what Lao Ge said is right. Our firearms are too sharp. No matter whether we are attacking the city or fighting in the wild, we are like destroying everything. It is difficult to leave anything behind!"
After listening to the complaints of these two people, Cao Ling also felt a headache. He found that he had been a little distracted in recent wars. It could be said that he killed people when he saw them and burned the city when he saw them. It was really difficult to make money with this kind of strategy!
At this time, Matsudaira Kubo came over and said: "Commander Commander! I have something you don't know whether to say or not?"
Cao Ling frowned slightly, then nodded and said: "You are also a lieutenant general in the army, so naturally you should say whatever you have to say. If what you say is reasonable, I will reward you heavily!"
Matsudaira Kubo's face suddenly lit up with joy, he bowed deeply and said, "I would like to thank you, Commander-in-Chief, for your support!"
Cao Ling nodded, and Matsudaira Kubo said quickly: "Commander-in-Chief! Since the expansion of the Imperial Alliance Army, the warriors have been gearing up to serve the noble Emperor of the Ming Empire. However, as General Ma said, the firearms under the Commander-in-Chief are extremely sharp. , the warriors had no chance to show their loyalty and bravery, and the enemy was wiped out, so I humbly request the commander-in-chief that the next time he attacks the city, the warriors must have the opportunity to use their bravery to show their loyalty to the noble Emperor of the Ming Empire!"
Cao Ling's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this, and he secretly thought that he was really confused. Didn't the purpose of forming the Imperial Alliance Army be to use them as cannon fodder? If there is no need for such cannon fodder, is it possible to keep them to breed?
Thinking of this, Cao Ling couldn't help but smile with approval on his face, patted Matsudaira Kubo on the shoulder and said: "You are indeed a loyal minister of my Ming Dynasty. This matter is settled. Next time I attack the city, I will use muskets." The troops and solid ammunition will cover you, and when you take the city, I will allow you to slaughter the city for one day!"
Matsudaira Kubo's eyes widened with joy. He quickly knelt down on the ground and kowtowed: "The Commander-in-Chief is as grateful as a mountain to the Imperial Alliance Army. I will humbly swear to serve the Commander-in-Chief to the death!"
Cao Ling nodded with a smile and said: "This matter is settled. Tomorrow you will lead the Imperial Alliance Army to capture some Japanese. I will build a Jingguan in Ueno Castle!"
When he heard that Cao Ling was planning to build a Jingguan again, even though almost all the samurai in Ueno Castle were killed by the Imperial Alliance Army, Matsudaira Kubo couldn't help but shudder, but he still kowtowed and said: "I understand, I will make arrangements now." !¡±
Cao Ling nodded and asked Matsudaira Kubo to leave. After Matsudaira Kubo left, he said to Gesleng and Ma Xianglin: "These Japanese are really as poisonous as snakes and scorpions. They don't even care about the life and death of their own people in order to get promoted and make money. Since they Japanese We don¡¯t even care about the life and death of the Japanese, so we don¡¯t need to care anymore, go tell the support fleet that when the Jingguan in Ueno Castle is completed, all the Japanese will be sold to them!¡±
Gesleng and Ma Xianglin showed bloodthirsty smiles on their faces, and said in unison: "Yes!"
The next day!
Hundreds of thousands of Imperial Army troops came out like locusts. They had already learned from Kubo Matsudaira that the Imperial Army troops they would attack next time would attack the city as if they had been beaten to death. They bared their teeth and claws and pounced on the surrounding Ueno Castle. rural!
Although Ueno is mountainous, there are also many farmers. These farmers squeeze out a few fields wherever they can be cultivated, and work hard, but they can only harvest a meager ration!
It is precisely for this reason that Ueno people are very martial. Countless men hope to gain military exploits on the battlefield through their own efforts, thereby changing the situation of themselves and their families!
But when these Ueno people, who are known for their bravery, encountered the Imperial Alliance Army who were armed to the teeth and as ferocious as beasts, they rarely had the strength to resist for a few rounds. Soon Matsudaira Kubo led the Imperial Alliance Army to surround Ueno Castle.All the Japanese, men, women, old and young, within a radius of fifty miles were captured. At this time, nearly 40,000 people were captured!
When groups of ragged and tired-looking Japanese were escorted by the Imperial Alliance Army to Ueno Castle, their eyes all showed horror. The beautiful and coveted city in the past had been reduced to ashes!
Outside each city gate, there were thick piles of corpses. Apparently they were Ueno Castle samurai who fought desperately but ultimately failed. The blood of those samurai had solidified, but there was still a strange smell in the moat of Ueno Castle. Scarlet waves!
Seeing the frightened eyes of those Japanese, the imperial army escorting them would show a proud smile and boast loudly: "You country bumpkins have seen it! This is the strength of the powerful Ming army. On the seventh day, led by the Demon King Next, even the Tokugawa shogunate is vulnerable to the Ming army. Ueno Castle dares to resist the Ming army. The end result is that the whole city will be massacred. You are here to use the ashes of Ueno Castle and these corpses. , build a Beijing temple to show the bravery of the Ming army!"
Although these farmers, who have been unable to leave their homes for hundreds of miles all their lives, did not understand why the Ming Dynasty, which only appeared in legends, came to attack the Japanese country, when they heard the title of the Seventh Heaven Demon King, they all felt extremely fearful!
After all, Oda Nobunaga died only a few decades ago, and his terrible legend is still circulated among the Japanese people. Oda Nobunaga, known as the Demon King of the Sixth Heaven, has become a symbol of death in the eyes of the Japanese people. Now Another seventh-day demon king has arrived. Isn't that even more terrifying than Oda Nobunaga?
Originally, this fear was just a conjecture in their hearts, but when they were intimidated by the Imperial Alliance Army to take off the armors of the dead warriors and cut off their heads, these people who had never seen much of the world were simply It's going to collapse!
These more than 40,000 people were in despair, under the custody of the Imperial Alliance Army. They cleaned up the ruins of Ueno Castle, and then used the corpses outside Ueno Castle to build a pitch-black Beijing. Then the young and strong men and women among these people, They were all packaged and sold to the guys in the support fleet that came later!
Cao Ling would not keep the more than 10,000 old, weak, sick and disabled sailors who supported the fleet, and they were all driven away by the Imperial Alliance Army. What Cao Ling didn't expect was that these people fled Ueno and also drove Cao Ling away. The reputation of Ling, the Demon King of the Seventh Heaven, spreads even further! (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com